Wisconsin Legislature: School

Interscholastic athletic association: school district prohibited from membership in unless the association agrees to be governed by the public records and open meetings laws - AB520

Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children adopted, state council provision - AB943

Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children adopted, state council provision - SB681

Language immersion schools for grades K-8: DPI to award grants to school districts that offer - AB188

MPCP laws revised [Sec. 2259, 2265, 2266, 2267-2269, 2271, 2272, 2273, 2277, 2279, 2280, 2281-2285, 2286-2290, 2292-2295, 3335, 9339 (4), (5); Enrolled AB-75: further revisions, 2276v-y, 2279d-2280d, 2285b, c, 2290j, k, 9139 (4r), 9339 (4q), (5u); deletes 2280, 2287, 2288, 2295, 9339 (4)] - AB75

OEI to provide energy efficiency assistance to school districts, report provision - AB649

OEI to provide energy efficiency assistance to school districts, report provision - SB450

Open Enrollment Program, full-time: nonresident union high school district to give preference to underlying elementary school district pupils, count of occupied spaces provision - AB798

Open Enrollment Program, full-time: nonresident union high school district to give preference to underlying elementary school district pupils, count of occupied spaces provision - SB250

Physical fitness of pupils to be assessed annually in grades 3-12; guidelines for foods sold a la carte created, soft drink and vending machine provisions; child care quality rating system to apply to all licensed day care centers, nutrition education provision; DCF, DPI, and charter and parochial school provisions - AB620

Physical fitness of pupils to be assessed annually in grades 3-12; guidelines for foods sold a la carte created, soft drink and vending machine provisions; child care quality rating system to apply to all licensed day care centers, nutrition education provision; DCF, DPI, and charter and parochial school provisions - SB313

Public school program contributions and private school scholarship funds: individual and corporate income and franchise tax credits created - AB726

Public school program contributions and private school scholarship funds: individual and corporate income and franchise tax credits created - SB509

Pupil examinations administered statewide: revisions re substituting 11th grade for 10th grade exam, DPI duties, value-added modeling, and results made available to parents and guardians; charter and MPCP schools provisions - AB921

Pupil records: DPI confidentiality requirement eliminated; federal regulations permit disclosure of certain information to the educational agency that disclosed the information to DPI - AB255

Pupil records: DPI confidentiality requirement eliminated; federal regulations permit disclosure of certain information to the educational agency that disclosed the information to DPI - SB189

Qualifications-based selection process for certain public works consulting contracts: local units of government required to use - AB654

Qualifications-based selection process for certain public works consulting contracts: local units of government required to use - SB442

Sale of mercury-added products regulated, including fever thermometers, manometers, thermostats, instruments and measuring devices, switches and relays, and specified household items; public, parochial, and charter schools prohibited from purchasing or storing free-flowing elemental mercury, a device containing mercury, or a mercury-containing compound, exceptions provided; DATCP and DNR duties - AB299

Sale of mercury-added products regulated, including fever thermometers, manometers, thermostats, instruments and measuring devices, switches and relays, and specified household items; public, parochial, and charter schools prohibited from purchasing or storing free-flowing elemental mercury, a device containing mercury, or a mercury-containing compound, exceptions provided; DATCP and DNR duties [S.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, DATCP duties removed] - SB200

School closings and reopenings: school board required to notify DPI - AB557

School closings and reopenings: school board required to notify DPI - SB379

School conference and activities leave: employers must allow - AB116

School conference and activities leave: employers must allow - SB86

School safety patrol flag made an exception to prohibition on traffic control devices containing advertising on highways, conditions specified - AB378

School safety patrol flag made an exception to prohibition on traffic control devices containing advertising on highways, conditions specified - SB253

School safety plan criteria specified and required of public and private schools; DPI to develop model policy on bullying, school board requirements; Bullying Awareness Day designated; pupil records confidentiality and disclosure provisions - SB154

School Standards and Licensure, Office of, established in the City of Milwaukee, report requied and every school required to appy for an operating license; Open Enrollment Program revisions re MPS - AB772

School term: 180 day requirement eliminated; minimum hours of instruction retained - AB200

Sex offender registrants prohibited from being in any school school property or in any building unless the registrant notifies the school; provisions for voting, registrant's child is enrolled there, and non-school sponsored events; penalty specified; JRCCP report - AB432

Special distinguishing registration plates created re Neenah Joint School District, fee provision - AB880

State Superintendent of Public Instruction authorized to direct school boards in districts in need of improvement for several consecutive years to implement a new curriculum, instructional design, and certain professional development programs; also make personnel changes and adopt accountability measures; state aid provision [S.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, no tenure or permanent employment for principals or assistant principals] - SB437

State Superintendent of Public Instruction authorized to direct school boards in districts in need of improvement to implement a new curriculum, instructional design, and certain professional development programs; also make personnel changes and adopt accountability measures; state aid provision - AB534

State Superintendent of Public Instruction authorized to direct school boards in districts in need of improvement to implement a new curriculum, instructional design, and certain professional development programs; also make personnel changes and adopt accountability measures; state aid provision - DE9 AB1

Tribal schools, pupils, and staff: providing benefits and protections similar to those provided to private schools, pupils, and staff - AB210

Tribal schools, pupils, and staff: providing benefits and protections similar to those provided to private schools, pupils, and staff - SB146

Virtual charter schools: enrollment limit eliminated - AB306

Virtual charter schools: enrollment limit eliminated - SB220

Five-year-old kindergarten made a prerequisite to first grade in public and charter schools; exemption provision; school board and charter school operator duties [A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, enrolling eligible child in 1st grade who did not complete kindergarten because of exemption or recent move to State] - AB119

MPCP laws revised [Sec. 2259, 2265, 2266, 2267-2269, 2271, 2272, 2273, 2277, 2279, 2280, 2281-2285, 2286-2290, 2292-2295, 3335, 9339 (4), (5); Enrolled AB-75: further revisions, 2276v-y, 2279d-2280d, 2285b, c, 2290j, k, 9139 (4r), 9339 (4q), (5u); deletes 2280, 2287, 2288, 2295, 9339 (4)] - AB75

Open enrollment hold harmless payments re pupil transfers [Enrolled AB-75: Sec. 242d, 2274t, 2309, 9339 (7j)] - AB75

Open Enrollment Program: creating provisions for habitually truant pupils - AB622

Open Enrollment Program: creating provisions for habitually truant pupils - SB342

Open Enrollment Program, full-time: nonresident union high school district to give preference to underlying elementary school district pupils, count of occupied spaces provision - AB798

Open Enrollment Program, full-time: nonresident union high school district to give preference to underlying elementary school district pupils, count of occupied spaces provision - SB250

Open enrollment pupils and per pupil amounts re MPS limited [Enrolled AB-75: Sec. 9139 (2q)] - AB75

Pupil counts by school districts re report to DPI: January date changed - AB201

School district revenue limit adjustment for declining enrollment extended - AB840

School district revenue limit adjustment for declining enrollment extended - SB603

School Standards and Licensure, Office of, established in the City of Milwaukee, report requied and every school required to appy for an operating license; Open Enrollment Program revisions re MPS - AB772

Sparsity aid: per pupil amount increased [Enrolled AB-75: Sec. 2256t] - AB75

Virtual charter schools: enrollment limit eliminated - AB306

Virtual charter schools: enrollment limit eliminated - SB220

Open Enrollment Program: creating provisions for habitually truant pupils - AB622

Open Enrollment Program: creating provisions for habitually truant pupils - SB342

Wisconsin Works program streamlined; sanctions for refusing to participate in employment program; Learnfare program eliminated [Sec. 41, 42, 486, 487, 842, 848, 1142, 1143, 1145, 1146, 1148-1153, 1157-1173, 1183, 1185-1190, 1203, 1204, 1269, 1270, 1373, 1375, 2260-2262, 2296, 3355, 3356, 9308 (4)-(7), 9408 (7); Enrolled AB-75: further revisions, elimination of Learnfare removed, emergency rule provision, all sections deleted except 486, 1157-1161, 1162-1170, 1173, 1183, 1185-1190, 9308 (4), 9408 (7)] - AB75

Bullying policy for schools: DPI to develop a model and each school board to adopt; Bullying Awareness Day provision - SB202

Caregiver or nonclient resident of a child care provider: report requirements for suspected drug activity or child abuse or neglect; sheriff duties, confidentiality, and civil and criminal liability immunity - AB695

Caregiver or nonclient resident of a child care provider: report requirements for suspected drug activity or child abuse or neglect; sheriff duties, confidentiality, and civil and criminal liability immunity - SB500

Charter school established by agreement between a school board and an Indian tribe or band: school must be located within the school district or the boundaries of the reservation; school board responsibilities specified [Enrolled AB-75: Sec. 2256g, r, 2266d-p, 2269f, 2270m, 2272e-s, 2273d-t, 2298g, i] - AB75

Charter school established by agreement between a school board and an Indian tribe or band: school must be located within the school district or the boundaries of the reservation; school board responsibilities specified - AB204

Charter school establishment or contract for establishment of: school board required to consider the principles and standards established by the National Association of Charter School Authorizers - AB535

Charter school establishment or contract for establishment of: school board required to consider the principles and standards established by the National Association of Charter School Authorizers - SB373

Child care provider license, certification, or contract: prohibiting a person convicted or adjudicated delinquent for a drug-related felony from showing he or she has been rehabilitated; employment with a child care provider or residing where child care is provided provisions - AB694

Child care provider license, certification, or contract: prohibiting a person convicted or adjudicated delinquent for a drug-related felony from showing he or she has been rehabilitated; employment with a child care provider or residing where child care is provided provisions - SB499

Child care provider: prohibition from being licensed, certified, or contracted with re conviction or adjudicated delinquent of specified crimes; frequency of criminal history search increased, sex offender registry provision; revocation or suspension of license, certification, or contract required re conviction of or pending serious criminal charges, W-2 payment provision - AB462

Child care provider: prohibition from being licensed, certified, or contracted with re conviction or adjudicated delinquent of specified crimes; frequency of criminal history search increased, sex offender registry provision; revocation or suspension of license, certification, or contract required re conviction of or pending serious criminal charges, W-2 payment provision [S.Amdt.3: Wisconsin Shares provisions added re ineligibility for child care subsidies and use of recovered funds to detect fraud; S.Amdt.1 to S.Amdt.3: fraudulent activity in W-2 program reporting requirements] - SB331

Child care provider: prohibition from being licensed, certified, or contracted with re conviction or adjudicated delinquent of specified crimes or having certain TRO or injunction entered against the person; frequency of criminal history search increased, sex offender registry and TRO or injunction provisions; revocation or suspension of license, certification, or contract required re conviction of or pending serious criminal charges, W-2 payment and TRO or injunction provisions; certain employees required to report to DA any suspected fraud in the W-2 Program, penalty and immunity from liability - AB479

Child care provider: prohibition from being licensed, certified, or contracted with re conviction or adjudicated delinquent of specified crimes or having certain TRO or injunction entered against the person; frequency of criminal history search increased, sex offender registry and TRO or injunction provisions; revocation or suspension of license, certification, or contract required re conviction of or pending serious criminal charges, W-2 payment and TRO or injunction provisions; certain employees required to report to DA any suspected fraud in the W-2 Program, penalty and immunity from liability - SB333

Consolidated school district board membership clarified [Sec. 2258, 9339 (3); original bill only] - AB75

Dyslexia screenings required annually for pupils in grades K-2 and selectively in grades 3-5; DPI duties specified - AB584

Five-year-old kindergarten made a prerequisite to first grade in public and charter schools; exemption provision; school board and charter school operator duties [A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, enrolling eligible child in 1st grade who did not complete kindergarten because of exemption or recent move to State] - AB119

Five-year-old kindergarten made a prerequisite to first grade in public and charter schools; exemption provision; school board and charter school operator duties - SB89

High school agriculture courses that meet certain DPI criteria count as science credit [A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, method of counting the credit revised] - AB236

Hmong history from Vietnam War to emigration to the U.S. to be included in school curriculum re state, national, and world history - AB115

Hmong history from Vietnam War to emigration to the U.S. to be included in school curriculum re state, national, and world history - SB359

Human growth and development instruction: school board may offer if it provides medically accurate information and addresses specified topics; notification required if not offered; instruction by volunteer health care provider, definitions, and State Superintendent duties provisions - SB324

Human growth and development instruction: school board may offer if it provides medically accurate information and addresses specified topics; notification required if not offered; instruction by volunteer health care provider, definitions, and State Superintendent duties provisions [A.Amdt.11: marriage and parental responsibility instruction added; S.Amdt.1 to Engr. AB-458: instruction about sex offender registration and criminal penalties re crimes against children required] - AB458

Indoor Environmental Quality in Schools Task Force: State Superintendent directed to establish; DPI, school boards, and MPCP duties - AB358

Indoor Environmental Quality in Schools Task Force: State Superintendent directed to establish; DPI, school boards, and MPCP duties - SB41

Open Enrollment Program: creating provisions for habitually truant pupils - AB622

Open Enrollment Program: creating provisions for habitually truant pupils - SB342

Physical education credits required for high school diploma increased; school board may accept participation in WIAA sanctioned extracurricular sports - SB124

Pupil records: DPI confidentiality requirement eliminated; federal regulations permit disclosure of certain information to the educational agency that disclosed the information to DPI - AB255

Pupil records: DPI confidentiality requirement eliminated; federal regulations permit disclosure of certain information to the educational agency that disclosed the information to DPI - SB189

Race-based names, nicknames, logos, and mascots used by schools: complaint procedure established; State Superintendent duty specified - AB35